Windows Azure no more: Microsoft renames its cloud computing service

It's now just going to be "Azure."

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Microsoft's cloud computing platform, currently known as "Windows Azure," is going to be renamed. From April 3 onward, it will be known simply as "Azure."

I've wanted this change for a while. The Windows name has seemed increasingly out of place in Azure, especially with the service's virtual machine role supporting Linux VMs. Removing the Windows branding and emphasizing that Azure is a platform not just for Windows and .NET, but for Linux, Java, Oracle, and more, is a sensible and welcome change.